“While there are quite a lot of them here, they typically don’t want anything to do with us, and I think that’s something that a lot of people don’t understand. A lot of the times when I’m talking to people in public, they act like coyotes are these evil harbingers just out there to eat your cats and things like that. In reality, like any wild animal, they’re just trying to survive.”
"My hope for people is just to neutralize ideas about coyotes, because people are either fanatically in love with them — and they can do no wrong — or they’re these evil, evil beings. So I hope that people converge in the middle somewhere, and we recognize that coyotes are just doing their thing like any other wildlife. "
We hear them howling every night here in Central TX and my dogs all howl with them. We do put snares on our fence line, however, as we raise sheep and poultry that are easy food, especially since lambing time is just around the corner. They can howl even on our hills as long as they stay away from our livestock. Even though we have a hunting program, we do accept that they take some of our deer but that is clearly a fitness balance. Healthy deer can usually escape them.
I hear them howling fairly often too, I live in the country not the city and domesticated cats will usually be eaten by them if they venture out into the woods on their own.
I lost cats when I lived in the Adirondacks, but then, it could have been the Fisher that roamed the woods. Like the mountain lion, they have a very large range, around 60 square miles and would come through our section of the mountain about once a year cleaning out the smaller animals they could catch.
It does seem like most people are either convinced that everything printed by newspapers these days is complete blasphemy and lies or the only legitimate source of information that can be trusted. Can’t remember ever once hearing anyone even consider for a second there might be some middle ground there between those two polar opposite perspectives.
Coyotes are good for this campus also because they are kind of like their mascot, the Husky (Alaskan Malamute dog).
Current living official mascot dog is the 14th of this regime and was born January 4th, 2018, named “Dubs II”.
Before him was Dubs I, before Spirit, Prince Redoubt, and his father King Redoubt.
King Redoubt
King Redoubt
In 1992, King Redoubt became the eighth Alaskan malamute to serve as the Husky mascot. His name, Redoubt, means “bastion” or “stronghold.” The most enthusiastic of the lot thus far, Redoubt tore around the Crosses’ yard howling whenever members of the family donned their purple and gold game-day outfits. And during the playing of the national anthem prior to each game at the stadium, Redoubt would throw his head back and howl. After the anthem, Redoubt led the football team out of the tunnel before every home game. Accompanied by trainer Kim Cross and his children, Ryan and Karin, who acted as handlers, Redoubt wandered the sidelines during the game, greeting fans in their seats.
One of the more inauspicious moments during “the King’s” reign occurred at the conclusion of the 1996 season. The band arrived in San Diego for the Holiday Bowl, but upon checking in, found out that the hotel would not allow Redoubt to stay in the Crosses’ room. After Kim Cross and the band staff were discovered trying to sneak the mascot up the back staircase, Redoubt had to spent the rest of the trip at a hotel down the street.
In August 1998, King Redoubt succumbed to a heat wave and passed away the night before Seattle’s Torchlight Parade.
Prince Redoubt
Prince Redoubt
With King Redoubt’s sudden unexpected passing, the athletic department had less than a month to find a new dog to take over the throne. Four years earlier, King Redoubt had sired three puppies to a championship malamute, Princess Redoubt, owned by UW graduate Jim Robinson. Robinson had named a male puppy Prince Redoubt because of his stunning resemblance to his father. Prince was as mellow as King, and although not trained as a mascot, he followed in the paw prints of his father during the 1998 football season. The four-year-old mascot earned the nickname “Junior” early on and wore the name proudly as he bounded happily around the stadium howling for his team.
Spirit
Spirit
In 1999, the UW crowned yet another Alaskan malamute as the current mascot. Like many before him, Spirit is mellow, easy-going and never seems to be bothered by large crowds or adoring fans.
In January 2001, when the Husky football team played in the Rose Bowl, Spirit and the Cross family accompanied the band to Pasadena. The trainers and the dog enjoyed a business suite at the hotel where they were staying. Late one evening, Spirit heard a barrage of sirens outside the hotel. He hurried out onto the balcony to join in on the fun. Tossing his head back, Spirit sang as loud as he was able along with the sirens. Many of the hotel guests appeared on their balconies to see what all the commotion was about. Kim Cross was able to hush the dog quickly while apologizing to the onlookers. More than anything else, other guests seemed amused by Spirit’s antics.
Spirit retired from game action in August 2008.
Dubs I
Dubs I, was named the University of Washington’s 13th live mascot in February of 2009. He is an Alaskan Malamute from a kennel in Burlington, Washington. He was born in November of 2008 and is living with his family in Seattle.
In late September 2008, the school announced an initiative to search for an appropriate name for its live mascot that would remain an ongoing UW tradition. A contest was launched on GoHuskies.com and fans were asked to submit their favorite name for the live Husky dog.
More than 1,400 different nominations were received and a committee that consisted of campus and community representatives narrowed the field to a reasonable list of finalists, including: Admiral, Dubs, King, Koda, Legend, Reign, Spirit and Sundodger. More than 20,000 votes were received in two rounds of online voting via GoHuskies.com, with Dubs emerging victorious.
In Fall 2018 on Senior Day , UW Athletics hosted a “Passing of the Collar” ceremony where President Cauce removed the collar from Dubs I and placed it on Dubs II, signifying the official retirement of Dubs I.
Dubs II
Training alongside Dubs I during the Fall of 2018, Dubs II began his first year at the helm by traveling with the Football team down to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. His owner opted to do the run-out with Dubs II because he was too fast and strong for his handlers, his owner ended up pulling a hamstring he was that strong!
Dubs II is the University of Washington’s 14th live mascot was born on January 4, 2018. He resides with his family, composed of two human siblings, a feline brother and a canine sister in Sammamish, Washington.
